There are options to keep Americans safe

After the Valentine's Day Massacre, the NRA has lost its rights to dictate gun policy in America. They have refused to discuss alternatives that would keep Americans safe while protecting the right to own guns. There are options.

As an example, owning an assault weapon should be a felony unless that weapon is securely stored at a gun range. If you want to buy an assault weapon, have it shipped to a secure gun range. If you want to shoot, go to the range. If you want to show it off, go to the range. If you want to move, have it transferred to a gun range.

An assault weapon should never be stored at home or in the streets. A violation should be a felony with a mandatory sentence of two years in jail and loss of gun rights. Gun dealers should face jail time and loss of their license.

This will allow the .015 percent of Americans with assault weapons the right to keep them while keeping them off the streets. If the NRA Congress is not willing to compromise, then they need to be voted out of Congress.

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"They have refused to discuss alternatives that would keep Americans safe while protecting the right to own guns."WRONG!"The Fix NICS Act, which was introduced last year by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. The White House has signaled its interest in the bill and the NRA is not opposed..."The NRA came out for letting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulate bump stocks rather than passing a new law."The NRA is not the culprit here. They do not condone killing unless it in self defense or protection of a loved one. And remember, an NRA member shot and wounded the Sutherland Springs church killer making him drop his weapon.

Let me understand this: You want to make felons out of 5 million legal gun owners? And this will somehow prevent a deranged criminal from using one in a mass shooting? How does that work? Meth is illegal, doesn't seem to stop folks from using it. Besides that, can someone define "assault weapon" for me? It is not an AR-15. The AR15 is a semi-automatic rifle, which is now the most popular hunting rifle in the US. An "assault Weapon", by U.S. Army definition, is a selective-fire rifle chambered for a cartridge of intermediate power. If applied to any semi-automatic firearm regardless of its cosmetic similarity to a true assault rifle, the term is incorrect.

Jim! I'm glad you are awake and on duty. Likewise the NRA who are the only ones who will offer gun laws that work. None of the gun laws offered or passed by the anti gun lobby have stopped the killing anywhere. Pres. Trump talks about expanding the Background Check System which is a NRA law. It can't work if all data isn't entered. What is the military name for assault weapons? PCC = Pistle cartridge carbine. Low power, high capacity, light weight gun and ammo. Most anti gun people can't tell the difference between an assault weapon and a punt gun.

Why in the sane world would we let the people knowing the least about guns write gun laws? Nothing the anti gun lobby demanded has ever stopped the killing. Gun owners and the NRA demanded background checks. Worked when ever law enforcement entered the data needed to make the system work. All the failures, like Fla., were because data needed wasn't entered in the system. Don't blame the NRA for law enforcement failing to do it's job.

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